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Its funny how some on here aren’t upset that cops kill an innocent guy, but were furious over two rich Karens in St. Louis losing their weapons.
Something one learns from leftist liberals. 
If it’s good for the left, then it’s good for the right since the road goes both ways.
Glad you brought him up because there definitely are some bad cops and he is one of them. Any police reform in this country needs to start with the Capitol Police.
I’m a law-abiding citizen, so it’s easy for me. 
WuWei
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What law did Amir Locke not abide?
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conan
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■■■■ no, whole purpose of no knock warrants is to put target at most disadvantage as possible…even if it’s wrong or unintended target.
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conan
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Nope…I read someplace that same police department had issued 13 no knock warrants this year. That’s little less then 1 every 3 days.
This just made a bad situation worse. The teen that had the warrant didn’t rent the apartment where Locke was murdered. They were flat out fishing and they killed a young man because of their ineptitude.
Can’t see where it makes it any worse. Apartment was perp’s brother’s, perp had a key.
That being said, no knocks are just lazy police work that need to be outlawed.
Good gawd. Your partisanship is so fixed that the death of an innocent man is acceptable if it balances the grievance scales in you head!?
Guvnah
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By and large, teens don’t rent apartments.
But the article shows that the three apartments in question were rented by various family members, and one of the guys they were looking for used the apartment, (his brother’s apartment, for the record), and had his own key. (Which adds valid reason for that apartment to be searched.)
And now we see that Locke wasn’t just hanging out in some random guy’s apartment, but he was family too.
To be clear, this is NOT to say it’s a reason why he should have been shot. I expect people to try to argue that I am saying so, but I’ll state unequivocally that it’s not my intent.
An interesting statement from the posted article: "An incident detail report from the Minneapolis Police Department shows officers considered this a “high risk warrant entry,” but it doesn’t detail why. "
Do people really need “details why” this was a high-risk entry? Seriously? (Hint: They’re looking for suspects who shot someone in cold blood in the street.)
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If it was such “high risk”, why did they do it? There’s no other way they could have got him?
Minor nit…
Marlon Speed was the suspect. He was Amir’s cousin. The Apartment Amir was sleeping in belonged to Marlons Brother (not Amir’s).
The three apartments in question were potential places where Marlon stayed. Still had absolutely nothing to do with Amir.
Yes.
They never said that Marlon pulled the trigger… just that he was present at the scene of the crime. If Marlon was not the gunman, why would entry into three apartments be considered high risk?
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Guvnah
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Beats me. I’m not in that business. Ask the police department. 
Guvnah
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Already addressed:
Article says they were looking for three guys in those apartments. At least one of them used that apartment and had a key to it, so he could have been there. The article only named Mehki, but says they were looking for two others as well.
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And from this article:
“Officers from the Minneapolis Police Department had been to the apartment where Locke was killed 10 times in the last seven months for 911 calls related to threats, disturbances, narcotic activity, suspicious activity and domestic abuse, according to 911 calls obtained by ABC News.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/teen-arrested-in-connection-to-search-warrant-that-led-to-amir-locke-s-death/ar-AATC8u5?li=BBnbcA1
Guvnah
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Oh cool. They’ve already doxxed the cop who pulled the trigger. 
I have a genuine question here…
Do you think Amir shooting was justified? Was Amir at fault or the cops?
Guvnah
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Already answered in this thread.
Ahh found it
“The cops are not at fault at all”
Are you an advocate for 2A? If so, how do you reconcile that position with support for the state breaking into a home and shooting a lawful gun owner? Does the gun owner have rights to protect their home from strangers?
